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how can president obama act on climate change out those accuse accusing him of jobs and economy economy. >> he can't do anything without the republicans accusing him of something. if that is his goal, then he might well go home. um, but he can definitely explain to people that jobs are what we will get when we make the big turn towards renewable energy. look we've got a lot of solar panels to put on a lot of houses. we've got a lot of insulation to put in a lot of walls. no one is going to send their house off to china to get insulated. that's work to be done here by millions of american workers if we're serious about this. >> john: what lesson do you think president obama learned from the first term about enacting any kind of climate change rules? >> i think he learned there was no point in trying to persuade the republicans to go along because they're not going to. their party has been more or less bought by the same forces that more or less cowed the democratic party. he's going to have to rally his party to do some things. more importantly he'll have to help rally the activist movem
how can president obama act on climate change out those accuse accusing him of jobs and economy economy. >> he can't do anything without the republicans accusing him of something. if that is his goal, then he might well go home. um, but he can definitely explain to people that jobs are what we will get when we make the big turn towards renewable energy. look we've got a lot of solar panels to put on a lot of houses. we've got a lot of insulation to put in a lot of walls. no one is going...
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let's streamline the process and help our economy grow. these initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing, all these things will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. but none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. and that has to start at the earliest possible age. you know, study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road. but today fewer than three in ten 4-year-olds are enrolled in a high quality preschool program. most middle class parents can't afford a few hundred bucks a week for private preschool. and for poor kids who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shadow them for the rest of their lives. tonight i propose working with states to make high quality preschool available to every single child in america. that's something we should be able to do. every dollar we invest in high quality early childhood education can save more than $7
let's streamline the process and help our economy grow. these initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing, all these things will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. but none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. and that has to start at the earliest possible age. you know, study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road....
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out of the economy. i'm afraid we are getting to a situation where we are being told that tax increases are beat -- are bad for the economy, too much borrowing is bad for the economy, particularly in the future you are projecting, and spending cuts are bad for the economy, and that does not leave us with many options. >> the effects of fiscal policy on the economy are different under different economic circumstances. that is a widely held -- not universally held, but widely held -- view among economists, and that is the perspective we take. under current economic circumstances, when private demand for goods and services is low, additional government demand for the government's offering additional private demand can both increase the overall demand for goods and services and thus encourage businesses to hire more. under different economic circumstances of the sort we usually have in this country and we expect we will have again five or 10 years from now, then this competition you are describing between th
out of the economy. i'm afraid we are getting to a situation where we are being told that tax increases are beat -- are bad for the economy, too much borrowing is bad for the economy, particularly in the future you are projecting, and spending cuts are bad for the economy, and that does not leave us with many options. >> the effects of fiscal policy on the economy are different under different economic circumstances. that is a widely held -- not universally held, but widely held -- view...
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we're not taking money out of the economy. 're letting it stay in the pockets of hard-working americans. we are -- we are giving them the opportunity to save billions of dollars that they can put to work in their home -- >> i think problem republicans have -- i think the problem they have right now and the polls are supportive of this, they see the president coming forward with a compromise. he's saying i want tax increases too where the other side is saying, no, just spending cuts and at least the way that's playing with the public is one guy, the president's willing to compromise, the other folks are stone walling. and that's why i think the risk lays probably more with republicans for the blame. >> let me ask you one more here. do you think the media, first of all, understands it was obama's idea in the first place? will they ever acknowledge that? >> one, i don't think they care. they really don't care about looking at those things. look, and to get what your guest just said a minute ago. that's true if republicans allow i
we're not taking money out of the economy. 're letting it stay in the pockets of hard-working americans. we are -- we are giving them the opportunity to save billions of dollars that they can put to work in their home -- >> i think problem republicans have -- i think the problem they have right now and the polls are supportive of this, they see the president coming forward with a compromise. he's saying i want tax increases too where the other side is saying, no, just spending cuts and at...
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let's streamline the process and help our economy grow. these initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing all these things will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. but none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. ( applause ) and that has to start at the earliest possible age. you know, study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road. but today fewer than three in ten four-year-olds are enrolled in a high quality preschool program. most middlelassarents can't afford a few hundreds bucks a week for a private preschool. for poor kids, who need help the most, this lack of access to preschool education can shadow them for the rest of their lives. tonight i propose working with states to make high quality preschool available to every single child in america. ( applause ) that's something we should be able to do. every dollar we invest in high quality early childhood educatio
let's streamline the process and help our economy grow. these initiatives in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, housing all these things will help entrepreneurs and small business owners expand and create new jobs. but none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens with the skills and training to fill those jobs. ( applause ) and that has to start at the earliest possible age. you know, study after study shows that the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> that was president obama speaking moments ago, putting the pressure on congress to avert the sequester. budget cuts which are set to take effect in just a matter of days, coming up on march the 1st. the first round. senate minority leader mitch mcconnoll saying president obama still prefers campaign events to common sense bipartisan action. the president made those short remarks moments ago and once again using the bully pulpit to call for action surrounding himself by first responders and his remarks on the same day of a political report, "obama, the puppet master." it's great to have all three of you here with me this morning. quoting from this politico article. the balance of power used used to be much more in the favor of the mainstream press. saying nowadays he said the white house gets away with stuff i
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> that was president obama speaking moments ago, putting the pressure on congress to avert the sequester. budget cuts which are set to take effect in just a matter of days, coming up on march the 1st. the first round. senate minority leader mitch mcconnoll saying president obama still...
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is fragile is going to drain so much demand out of the economy that we're back in recession. i frankly don't think that republicans care about that. they don't care about high unemployment. they've shown them that they don't care about it. they don't want the government to spend anything to make up for the lack of consumer demand. they're wethey are wedded to their republican orthodoxy that has shown again and again not to work. >> john: i want to ask you questions about breaking news that proves shaming republicans sometimes works. rick scott the latest opponent of the affordable care act to agree to expand medicare in his state. he has been one of its most bitter opponents and say he caved. do you expect opposition now that the elections are behind us. >> it may. governor who is said we are not going to buy in medicaid, we're not going to do that and the affordable care act are succumbing to public pleasure pleasure mainly that the public is beginning to understand that the federal government would pay for most of this,. >> john: it's insane but i come to expect knoll less.
is fragile is going to drain so much demand out of the economy that we're back in recession. i frankly don't think that republicans care about that. they don't care about high unemployment. they've shown them that they don't care about it. they don't want the government to spend anything to make up for the lack of consumer demand. they're wethey are wedded to their republican orthodoxy that has shown again and again not to work. >> john: i want to ask you questions about breaking news...
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there is an understanding that the economy could be impacted. thank you. >> "news nation" gut check. will connecticut be the fifth to ban smoking in cars with young kids inside? we will look at both sides including those who say such a law is government overreach. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> we will be back and connecticut could join a handful of other states that banned smoking where a child is present. a state committee is taking up a proposed ban. we get the latest from a reporter. our nbc station, wvit. >> every time chris heads out with her two sons, safety is the number one thing on her mind. >> we're want our kids to be in safe places always. >> that's why chris supports a move to ban smoking in cars. >> even as we drive around and see kids that are at a stoplight next to us and you can see shn is smoking in the car,
there is an understanding that the economy could be impacted. thank you. >> "news nation" gut check. will connecticut be the fifth to ban smoking in cars with young kids inside? we will look at both sides including those who say such a law is government overreach. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's....
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and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as sometimes other factors. chris: if we have a shutdown or second recession or something like it, double dip, who gets hurt? >> republicans believe your theory, michael, it's the president. the buck stops with him. fundamentally -- >> chris: he's the one scared of this sequester more than anybody it seems. >> but at the same time they also know this is a republican party with the 24% approval rating going against a president with the 50-something percent approval rating. when it's the battle of the bully pulpit versus people with a 24% approval rating, bully pulpit can be very effective. chris: can i ask you a question? totally cosmetic. i watched the stadium, like we all did, every second of it. why was boehner always purposely dour? never smiled own once. >> i was going to say n. a focus group of walmart moms who watched it they said the exact same thing. they said, damn, that boehner just looked like a petulant child b
and too much blame for a bad economy. what a president does is pretty important but not as important as sometimes other factors. chris: if we have a shutdown or second recession or something like it, double dip, who gets hurt? >> republicans believe your theory, michael, it's the president. the buck stops with him. fundamentally -- >> chris: he's the one scared of this sequester more than anybody it seems. >> but at the same time they also know this is a republican party with...
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that's the economy here we're in. on this question of blarnlg the president feels he's got the high hand. his approval ratings are 20, 30 points ahead of republicans. when we're at 2017, people will look back at the obama economy and if this sequester has the economic effect it's head of the c.b.o. said 750,000 jobs if this doesn't get averted a million jobs-- that will hurt the president. regardless of whether it was the republicans' fault regardless whether he didn't have a willing partner, that's the pressure on the white house. we all know the pressure on the republicans. that's why john boehner may want to move to something that is not as bad. >> schieffer: what about the whole question on immigration? a lot of people think something could actually happen. at least they were saying that before the president made his state of the union speech. he said it's a big high-priority item. but, you know, john boehner said to us the other day at breakfast. he said, "look my greatest fear here is the president will get in t
that's the economy here we're in. on this question of blarnlg the president feels he's got the high hand. his approval ratings are 20, 30 points ahead of republicans. when we're at 2017, people will look back at the obama economy and if this sequester has the economic effect it's head of the c.b.o. said 750,000 jobs if this doesn't get averted a million jobs-- that will hurt the president. regardless of whether it was the republicans' fault regardless whether he didn't have a willing partner,...
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it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to pay it. there are few employers out i need congress to do their part. i need congress to take up these initiatives, because we have come too far and we have worked too hard to turn back now. we have to stop with some of the and that's what i loved about this speech. it was about optimism for our country. and it was about opportunity, not just problems. >> and i don't think there's a long reach. these weren't hail mary passes. let's at least have a vote on -- >> but he wasn't saying -- >> let's have a $9 minimum wage, real comprehensive immigration refor
it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> michael: now time sequester to jobs of public safety seems like a smart move but the house and baner is not impressed. but once again the president offered no. weighing in during a chat hosted by political key. >> they are dumb. they are stupid, stupid, stupid. they're stupid because first of all. >> they are. >> look, there is no business in the country that makes these cuts across the board. you go in there and you try to surgically cut those things that have the least adverse on productiveity. >> michael: he said stupid stupid, stupid. bowels and simpson are trying to get it under control but to do that they say the sequester must be averted. we'll go in with donnie fowler. back at washington vice president biden took his gun safety to facebook. the town hall was streamed live and one of the first questions asked was how law-abiding citizens would
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> michael: now time sequester to jobs of public safety seems like a smart move but the house and baner is not impressed. but once again the president offered no. weighing in during a chat hosted by political key. >> they are dumb. they are stupid, stupid, stupid. they're stupid because first of all. >> they are....
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or a billion dollars in the economy reform to save the union address in transportation expenditures you create thirty four thousand jobs in the first billion dollars of spending and that's not only on your to your woman you create secondary jobs and tertiary jobs and people are working they're putting money back into the economy which means the government is increasing revenue so it will cause more people making up the tax base and i think republican to fundamentally change how they see deficit that they want this economy to get back on track and they want to preserve the middle class america this is the this is it we just want to get work in here which is that the mark this was what eisenhower did he spent massively built a national highway system and it stimulated the economy he did in the year he was in a little bit of a different place because the the people themselves coming out of world war two didn't have nearly the personal debt that we've incurred but i did that there is a split there isn't a debt was one hundred twenty seven percent of g.d.p. there's a spending problem or
or a billion dollars in the economy reform to save the union address in transportation expenditures you create thirty four thousand jobs in the first billion dollars of spending and that's not only on your to your woman you create secondary jobs and tertiary jobs and people are working they're putting money back into the economy which means the government is increasing revenue so it will cause more people making up the tax base and i think republican to fundamentally change how they see deficit...
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if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have passed a plan that replaces these cuts with responsible spending reform. in order to balance our budget the choice doesn't have to be either higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need. instead we should grow our economy so we can create new tax payers not new taxes. our government can afford to help those who truly can't help themselves. truth is every problem can't be solved by the government. many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society, and the answer to these challenges lie primarily in our families and our faith. not ou
if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have...
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if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have passed a plan that replaces these cuts with responsible spending reform. in order to balance our budget the choice doesn't have to be either higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need. instead we should grow our economy so we can create new tax payers not new taxes. our government can afford to help those who truly can't help themselves. truth is every problem can't be solved by the government. many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society, and the answer to these challenges lie primarily in our families and our faith. not ou
if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have...
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but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 pacific. until then, you can find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where, if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if
but it is a huge, huge threat to our economy and our livelihoods. a senior defense official said, in the cold war we were focused around the command centers in moscow, it's fair to say we worry as much about the computer servers in shanghai. we have to leave it there. >> happy note. >> yeah, our macs are not safe. among other things. thank you to my panel today, howard, joy, maggie, and jared. that is all for "now." i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00...
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now he's going after americans who are doing better in the economy. he got that. now he's coming back saying if i can tax more and then he proposed in his state of the union address more spending, and the problem here is, candy, the greatest threat to our national security is the debt and the defit long term. that's why those of us who are very interested in national security, trying to get this right, trying to make sure we posture ourselves and put ourselves in a position to defend the country, are so worried about the debt and deficit debate. we can get through this. we can do it in a way i think that is respectful to what american priorities are, but you have to do it in a way that doesn't hurt us long term. >> it's important to say we've had about $2.4 trillion in cuts from the approved baseline. 1.7 trillion of those are spending cuts. $700 billion are revenue. unless we get back to a more balanced approach, we can't cut our way to national security. we can't cut our way to investing in education, research and development. we just have to get back to a balan
now he's going after americans who are doing better in the economy. he got that. now he's coming back saying if i can tax more and then he proposed in his state of the union address more spending, and the problem here is, candy, the greatest threat to our national security is the debt and the defit long term. that's why those of us who are very interested in national security, trying to get this right, trying to make sure we posture ourselves and put ourselves in a position to defend the...
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if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have passed a plan that replaces these cuts with responsible spending reform. in order to balance our budget the choice doesn't have to be either higher taxes or dramatic benefit cuts for those in need. instead we should grow our economy so we can create new tax payers not new taxes. our government can afford to help those who truly can't help themselves. truth is every problem can't be solved by the government. many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society, and the answer to these challenges lie primarily in our families and our faith. not ou
if we don't have an economy that can afford it. in the short time i've been here in washington nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. what we need is an accountable, efficient and effective government that allows small and new businesses to create more middle class jobs. we don't have to raise taxes to avoid the president's devastating cuts to our military. republicans have...
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spending at a time when the economy is already too weak as far as i'm concerned. so this is exactly the opposite of what we ought to be doing. >> ezra there is a new simpson-bowles plan out today, of sorts. you talked to erskine bowles today, what is their approach? >> it is really striking, the simpson-bowles one had more tax increases than president obama ever called for. if you did it now, jared's organize has done great work showing it. if you put it into place now we would raise taxes, not by $650 billion as we did in the fiscal cliff deal. we would raise it by 2 trillion, the new simpson-bowles plan because that is sort of off the table, they cut the tax to $1.3 trillion, so it went way, way to the far right on taxes, to be fair that is where president obama is currently is. but to be fair while they say they split the taxes between president obama and john boehner, they actually increased what boehner was asking for. in the final element of the fiscal deal boehner asked for including savings in interest, 1.2, the new simpson-bowles includes $1.7 in spending
spending at a time when the economy is already too weak as far as i'm concerned. so this is exactly the opposite of what we ought to be doing. >> ezra there is a new simpson-bowles plan out today, of sorts. you talked to erskine bowles today, what is their approach? >> it is really striking, the simpson-bowles one had more tax increases than president obama ever called for. if you did it now, jared's organize has done great work showing it. if you put it into place now we would...
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it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to pay it. there are few employers out there who aren't employees. and every man or woman wants to see the minimum wage go up because that means theirs will. it happens that way. >> the things the president talked about last night are things people are talking about at the dinner table. they're talking about are we really going to be able to afford to send our children cocollege? can we actually buy a house and make the down payment? the fact he went into the mortgage issue and making it easier for people to refinance their homes. that's what i loed about
it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to...
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it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to pay it. there are few employers out >> hey, there u some breaking news from zrksan bernandino. >> david mcgarr, irvine police department. chief charlie sbrksbeck, specia agent in charge, tim delaney from the federal bureau of investigations. assistant chief, state of california, department of fish and game. and chief bill siegel, california highway patrol. if you have any questions regarding individual or specific questions, please hold them until the question and answer period. with that, i introduce sheriff john mcmahon. >> good afternoon. the events
it's actually a way to put stimulus into the economy. because what happens when you have lower income people, you give them more money, they spend it all. so there's a -- some economists who say you know what? you want to stimulate consumerism, give lower income people more money. >> you know, senator, you deal with people all the time. this seems like an easy way to smoke out your opponents and prove their the elite party. more people would like to get minimum wage than those who want to...
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the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of healthcare savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms proposed by the bipartisan simpson-bowles commission. to hit the rest of our deficit reduction target we should do what lourdes in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting rid of the tax loopholes and deductions for the well-off and the well-connected. >> the >> the president's sequester that we want to sea happen, but when it comes to overcoming their miserable performance with hispanic voters, here's part of what he said about immigration last night. >> right now leaders from the business labor law enforcement faith communities they all agree that the time has come to pass comprehensive immigration reform. now is the time to do it. >> john: so congressmen who were denouncing their fellow human beings as ill legals last fall are saying viva la raza. >> he used measured
the president laid out what he would do on the abraham/ing sequester that would push the economy into recession. >> obama: on medicare i'm prepared to enact reforms that will achieve the same amount of healthcare savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms proposed by the bipartisan simpson-bowles commission. to hit the rest of our deficit reduction target we should do what lourdes in both parties have already suggested, and save hundreds of billions of dollars by getting...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ i love the fact that quicken loans provides va loans. quicken loans understood the details and guided me through every step of the process. i know wherever the military sends me, i can depend on quicken loans. >>> all right. developing story right now. just a moment ago, there you see former secretary of state hillary clinton at an awards ceremony at the pentagon with secretary of defense leon panetta. general dempsey there with her holding the award. the first time we have seen hillary clinton since she first left office. first time since her accident. and as you probably noticed in these pictures that we, again, just got in a moment ago, she's not wearing h
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ i love the fact that quicken loans provides va loans. quicken loans understood the details and...
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they're going to hurt the economy. but what the president didn't mention, that the sequester, that was his idea in the first place. >> not smart, not fair, it was his idea? let's keep adding it up, boys. today john boehner fired off his latest shot in this blame game. he took to the pages of the "wall street journal" to accuse the president of the united states of creating a financial crisis. boehner said the president's sequester is now eminent. but the daily beast website released some information today to knock down boehner's accusations. you see, back in 2011, boehner's office developed a power point presentation for house republicans. it was a two-step approach, but it actually contained three steps. first of all, no tax hikes. of course that's typical. spending cuts extending the debt ceiling increase, and spending caps. but while pushing those spending caps, boehner did what? he highlighted a special trigger mechanism -- sequestration. boehner was selling this idea to his caucus as a good way to make sure that t
they're going to hurt the economy. but what the president didn't mention, that the sequester, that was his idea in the first place. >> not smart, not fair, it was his idea? let's keep adding it up, boys. today john boehner fired off his latest shot in this blame game. he took to the pages of the "wall street journal" to accuse the president of the united states of creating a financial crisis. boehner said the president's sequester is now eminent. but the daily beast website...
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i hope the focus is on spending and the economy, and jobs. those are the elephants in the room right now. we need leadership on all those topics. >> in fact, here party have prepared talking points for the evening to give their perspective on the president's major agenda items, as you anticipate them. also, you have an opportunity to give an official response. talk to me a little bit about the need to counterbalance the president's agenda tonight. >> i think it is early in the session. there are opportunities to work together. there are opportunities with immigration, on tax reform, on spending reform. most folks i talk to on both sides of the aisle recognize we have a spending problem in the country. you have heard quotes from a few members of the house to the contrary. i hope that is what the president will focus on tonight. i think there will be issues like the second amendment, tax increases, and the like. he will have a harder time buying folks together. >> stay with that thought. the white house this afternoon released a statement from
i hope the focus is on spending and the economy, and jobs. those are the elephants in the room right now. we need leadership on all those topics. >> in fact, here party have prepared talking points for the evening to give their perspective on the president's major agenda items, as you anticipate them. also, you have an opportunity to give an official response. talk to me a little bit about the need to counterbalance the president's agenda tonight. >> i think it is early in the...
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tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. >> donald trump says that he would run for president as republican, which is surprising since i just assumed he was running as a joke. >> you told me when i was a kid that i would be sitting here on the same day as president barack obama, i would have said the president's name is barack obama? >> let's bring in chuck nice. chuck, would you comedians even have a job without politicians? >> oh, absolutely not. the thing is they make it so easy. that's the beauty of it. barack obama doesn't make it easy. this year, it will be a little bit easier because it's his
tough economy, two wars, health care fight, iran, north korea, his mother-in-law moving in with him. i think that will break most men. >> you might as well talk about the 2012 republican candidates. just look at the options republicans are pairing around. it doesn't sound like a field of candidate. it sounds like season 13 of "dancing with the stars." j you know, thal say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christies's case, it's...
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chalk talk last night, i put a light on president's loose, well hold on the facts as he talkedbout the economy, and cabinet choices, george said, lou, would make a suburb secretary of treasury, his numbers add up, we understands when you spend more than you take in you about bankrupt, the concept beyond comprehension of any in the obama administration. thank you. karen said, with the way that defense secretary has been run over the last several years with a secretary, i doubt we'll notice that the seat is empty. that is hank. but there it is. joining us now a-time, jedediah biela, monica crowley, remy spencer. >> thank you. lou: start with this controversy over questio question jessa belo props. >> this is us in the -- nuts, this is bogus, i don't think there is anything racist about sports il"sports illustrated" wh different cultural backgrounds to promote their annual esexy, swimsuit edition. lou: this one edition of "sports illustrated" it more profitable as far as -- i think i am right on this i believe this is more profitable than anyther time ink propert in this one edition. >> it is. so
chalk talk last night, i put a light on president's loose, well hold on the facts as he talkedbout the economy, and cabinet choices, george said, lou, would make a suburb secretary of treasury, his numbers add up, we understands when you spend more than you take in you about bankrupt, the concept beyond comprehension of any in the obama administration. thank you. karen said, with the way that defense secretary has been run over the last several years with a secretary, i doubt we'll notice that...
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bad for the economy, he is even willing to say. that seems to me to demand that you do something to avoid them. and if that means closing some loopholes, that would be a reasonable outcome. i just don't see how boehner can continue to say how bad these cuts are and then not be willing to do some sort of compromise to avoid them. >> yes, the sequester was supposed to be the solution. and the premise of boehner's article today is that the sequester is the problem. so if the sequester is the problem, he pointed out, many others were really confounded by that article in "the wall street journal." i looked at it, the words that talked about the concept of the narrator, boehner has really confused them. for those of us who spent a lot of time on it, he confused us too. as we said, he can't say this is bad for jobs, things that every politician is for, jobs and security. i don't think he has a message, he has a panic button, he realizes just like before the one thing that has repeated is his inability to get his caucus united. now he is s
bad for the economy, he is even willing to say. that seems to me to demand that you do something to avoid them. and if that means closing some loopholes, that would be a reasonable outcome. i just don't see how boehner can continue to say how bad these cuts are and then not be willing to do some sort of compromise to avoid them. >> yes, the sequester was supposed to be the solution. and the premise of boehner's article today is that the sequester is the problem. so if the sequester is the...
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is any of this indicative or a statement on your part about the economy or the environment? how would you describe it? >> less about the environment and more about the value you create when you combine airline networks, there was no better tune in our viewer for our shareholders than to enter into this merger. is creates the value. this will create a billion dollar a year in synergy, that goes to the shareholders. >> from our perspective, you know at american we have completed what is most successful restructuring in airline industry, because we have done that we were able to negotiate a deal with doug that was very sensible and in fact means that the owners of american will own 72% of the newly merged enterprise. neil: finally, your view of the economy right now, and notion that president and state of union address other night that things are getting better. that, is back. markets are storming back. and that in this environment, there is more room for the government to spend, more room for companies to look forward to what he has to offer, do you share that view? >> i've le
is any of this indicative or a statement on your part about the economy or the environment? how would you describe it? >> less about the environment and more about the value you create when you combine airline networks, there was no better tune in our viewer for our shareholders than to enter into this merger. is creates the value. this will create a billion dollar a year in synergy, that goes to the shareholders. >> from our perspective, you know at american we have completed what...
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. >> the demands of a high tech economy. change the higher education act so that affordability and value are determined. raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> today, the president went to asheville, north carolina, where he toured an auto parts plant and emphasized his plans to implement a manufacturing sector. and train the workers for the job. but he had to admit he can't do it alone. >> now i'll do what i can just through administrative action. but i need congress to help. i need congress to do their part. i need congress to do their part. i need congress to take up these initiatives, because we have come too far and we have worked too hard to turn back now. we have to stop with some of the politics that we see in washington sometimes that is focused on who is up and who is down. let's just focus on the same kind of common sense and cooperation that we're seeing at this plant. and we see all across the country. >> today in washington, republican congressional reaction was predictable. mitch mcconnell's comment
. >> the demands of a high tech economy. change the higher education act so that affordability and value are determined. raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. >> today, the president went to asheville, north carolina, where he toured an auto parts plant and emphasized his plans to implement a manufacturing sector. and train the workers for the job. but he had to admit he can't do it alone. >> now i'll do what i can just through administrative action. but i need...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people standing with the president today are among those who will directly impacted by congress if they refuse to act. >> emergency responders, like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country. >> and it doesn't stop there. we're talking thousands of teachers who are going to be laid off across america. there will be cuts to primary health care for hundreds of thousands of americans. preventative care, like cancer screenings are also going to be hit and taken off the list. i mean cuts to the military are also going
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> people standing with the president today are among those who will directly impacted by congress if they refuse to act. >> emergency responders, like the ones who are here today, their ability to help communities respond to and recover from disasters will be degraded. border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi...